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Weijian Zhou publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Weijian Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 209 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Weijian Zhou D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Weijian Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Weijian Zhou is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, their work covers subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Geophysics, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research topics are diverse and include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Weijian Zhou has contributed to various publication venues. The most frequent are:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Radiocarbon

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhou are:

  • "Soil moisture decline in China's monsoon loess critical zone: More a result of land-use conversion than climate change" (2024), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Extreme weather events recorded by daily to hourly resolution biogeochemical proxies of marine giant clam shells" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Asian inland wildfires driven by glacial-interglacial climate change" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Two-stage mid-Brunhes climate transition and mid-Pleistocene human diversification" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews

Weijian Zhou frequently collaborates with multiple researchers. Common co-authors include Peng Cheng, Yunchong Fu, Zhisheng An, Hua Du, and Xuefeng Lu.

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, notably with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks, where they published a work titled "Taking stock of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS): An analysis of global NBS submissions to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019" in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

    Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Mario E. Gomez;Mario E. Gomez;Lingxiao Yang;Lingxiao Yang

  • Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes.

    Zhisheng An;Ru-Jin Huang;Renyi Zhang;Xuexi Tie

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • A Database and Synthesis of Northern Peatland Soil Properties and Holocene Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation

    Julie Loisel;Zicheng Yu;David W. Beilman;Philip Camill

  • Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Steven C. Clemens;Ji Shen;Xiaoke Qiang

  • New eolian red clay sequence on the western Chinese Loess Plateau linked to onset of Asian desertification about 25 Ma ago

    Xiaoke Qiang;Zhisheng An;Yougui Song;Hong Chang

  • Variability of stalagmite-inferred Indian monsoon precipitation over the past 252,000 y

    Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Inez Y. Fung;R. Lawrence Edwards;Zhisheng An

  • A 550,000-year record of East Asian monsoon rainfall from 10Be in loess

    J. Warren Beck;Weijian Zhou;Cheng Li;Zhenkun Wu;Zhenkun Wu

  • High-resolution evidence from southern China of an early Holocene optimum and a mid-Holocene dry event during the past 18,000 years

    Weijian Zhou;Xuefeng Yu;A.J. Timothy Jull;G. Burr

  • Reconstruction of late glacial and Holocene climate evolution in southern China from geolipids and pollen in the Dingnan peat sequence

    Weijian Zhou;Weijian Zhou;Shucheng Xie;Philip A. Meyers;Yanhong Zheng

  • Northward extent of East Asian monsoon covaries with intensity on orbital and millennial timescales.

    Yonaton Goldsmith;Wallace S. Broecker;Hai Xu;Pratigya J. Polissar

  • Lipid biomarkers in the Zoigê-Hongyuan peat deposit: Indicators of Holocene climate changes in West China

    Yanhong Zheng;Weijian Zhou;Philip A. Meyers;Shucheng Xie

  • Iodine-129 in Seawater Offshore Fukushima: distribution, inorganic speciation, sources, and budget.

    Xiaolin Hou;Pavel P. Povinec;Luyuan Zhang;Keliang Shi

  • Diverse manifestations of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition.

    Youbin Sun;Qiuzhen Yin;Michel Crucifix;Steven C. Clemens

  • Postglacial climate-change record in biomarker lipid compositions of the Hani peat sequence, Northeastern China

    Weijian Zhou;Yanhong Zheng;Yanhong Zheng;Philip A. Meyers;A.J. Timothy Jull

  • Dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone over the western Pacific during the Little Ice Age

    Hong Yan;Wei Wei;Willie Soon;Zhisheng An

  • Recent enhancement of central Pacific El Niño variability relative to last eight centuries.

    Yu Liu;Kim M. Cobb;Huiming Song;Qiang Li

  • Peat record reflecting Holocene climatic change in the Zoigê Plateau and AMS radiocarbon dating

    Weijian Zhou;Xuefeng Lu;Zhengkun Wu;Lin Deng

  • 800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau

    Hongxuan Lu;Weiguo Liu;Weiguo Liu;Hong Yang;Huanye Wang;Huanye Wang

  • Atmospheric 14C/12C changes during the last glacial period from Hulu Cave.

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;John Southon;Katsumi Matsumoto

  • Recent anthropogenic curtailing of Yellow River runoff and sediment load is unprecedented over the past 500 y

    Yu Liu;Yu Liu;Huiming Song;Huiming Song;Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Changfeng Sun

  • Hydrogen isotopic ratios of plant wax n-alkanes in a peat bog deposited in northeast China during the last 16 kyr

    Osamu Seki;Philip A. Meyers;Kimitaka Kawamura;Yanhong Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
George S. Burr
George S. Burr National Taiwan University
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
A. J. T. Jull
A. J. T. Jull University of Arizona
Weiguo Liu
Weiguo Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Yan
Hong Yan City University of Hong Kong
Douglas J. Donahue
Douglas J. Donahue University of Arizona
Philip A. Meyers
Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunqiang Wang
Yunqiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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